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you had paul ryan embracing the across the board tax cut mitt romney is running on. he was pressed by martha, who did an excellent job exactly specifically you do to pay for that tax cut, totally evaded that. what happened was as happened on other issues, joe biden got frustrated. you saw biden, he variously was laughing, smiling, got angry at times. i think there were times at which that demeanor did not serve him well. ryan did not get flustered. did have some republican political strategists who i talked to during the debate thought ryan looked a little bit smug at times. ryan, of course, is young, he has to worry about looking like the junior varsity against the older guy. bottom line, i don't think anybody dominated the debate but i thought ryan did well and i think basically what we've done is set the table for the debate next week with obama and romney. that is going to determine what the next pivot in this race is. >> john, just to bring up a couple of points. we did have an informal poll on cnbc, about 3,000 people wrote in, based on what they have been writ
you had paul ryan embracing the across the board tax cut mitt romney is running on. he was pressed by martha, who did an excellent job exactly specifically you do to pay for that tax cut, totally evaded that. what happened was as happened on other issues, joe biden got frustrated. you saw biden, he variously was laughing, smiling, got angry at times. i think there were times at which that demeanor did not serve him well. ryan did not get flustered. did have some republican political strategists...
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ryan has the romney plan to lower tax rates and cap deductions. do you think they're going to go at it? is it better to raise taxes or lower them to improve the economy? are we going to see that picture tonight? >> i think you will. i think you'll see a renewal of the theme if you let these individual tax rates soar up you're also clobering that small, medium-sized entrepreneur who's really a job creation engine. a quarter of all those jobs are in the hands of those folks and they're reacting negatively to the threat of higher taxes. it's one of the reasons that we've seen i think this confidence and lack of uncertainty suffer out there. in other words, people just don't know. we don't actually, larry, have a tax code really. 60 some provisions expired at the end of 2011, 40 some more are expiring this year. thog is known, nothing is certain and that's part of that big looming fiscal cliff that needs tore cleared up. paul ryan has a plan to do that. >> john harwood? >> governor engler, i just want to ask you about two economic issues. one national
ryan has the romney plan to lower tax rates and cap deductions. do you think they're going to go at it? is it better to raise taxes or lower them to improve the economy? are we going to see that picture tonight? >> i think you will. i think you'll see a renewal of the theme if you let these individual tax rates soar up you're also clobering that small, medium-sized entrepreneur who's really a job creation engine. a quarter of all those jobs are in the hands of those folks and they're...
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how ryan prepped for the big night, and what are the main goals for romney and ryan's camp? what are they, and what do they want to say? let's go to robert costa from the national review online danville, cnbc contributor. the debate sunday way. bob costa as you talked to the romney/ryan people today, what phrases jump out? what do you think he wants to get across in at least a minimal way? >> they want to defend mitt romney's positions. they want to go after the obama economic record and reach out to new voters, especially view the voters who may find ryan appealing >> i keep talking about this youth thing. i think what ryan represents as a well-informed smart 42-year-old guy and does his body crunches and listens to music on his ipod and so forth, i think that's a tremendous plus for romney, i really do. there's his picture up there. i think, you know, the youth vote is shifting to romney. it's not going to be like it was in 2008. >> that's exactly right, larry. one thing the ryan camp has pushed hard for is to have this debate be a sit-down debate and once he sits down at
how ryan prepped for the big night, and what are the main goals for romney and ryan's camp? what are they, and what do they want to say? let's go to robert costa from the national review online danville, cnbc contributor. the debate sunday way. bob costa as you talked to the romney/ryan people today, what phrases jump out? what do you think he wants to get across in at least a minimal way? >> they want to defend mitt romney's positions. they want to go after the obama economic record and...
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making this an issue. >> that last thing, blaming the romney-ryan ticket. i'll give the case to the defense to you, but i've got to say joe biden said the intelligence didn't tell them anything. the state department knew in real time that this had nothing to do with spontaneous protests about the video. that's point number one. point number two, biden said last night that he did not know or that there was no request from the state department for extra security in the benghazi consulate. the reality is, we have all learned, they made not one, not two, but five requests for additional security which were all turned down at the white house and the national security council. biden -- i think you and jennifer raise a lot of good points that absolutely should be checked in days to come, but you know, larry, you have to check both sides. i didn't like your introduction. we'll check biden's lies and it's lefshlgity mat to fact check and let's not call people liars. >> look at what the obama administration has done. >> it's three against one so give me fair time. >>
making this an issue. >> that last thing, blaming the romney-ryan ticket. i'll give the case to the defense to you, but i've got to say joe biden said the intelligence didn't tell them anything. the state department knew in real time that this had nothing to do with spontaneous protests about the video. that's point number one. point number two, biden said last night that he did not know or that there was no request from the state department for extra security in the benghazi consulate....
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i know congressman ryan, watched his career and watched governor romney what he's been able to do, a guy who can fix it, thinks about things, can negotiate very strongly. he can bring two sides together to get a solution. >> obama argues -- let's look at the obama side for a minute. obama makes the case that he, obama, can make a fair deal with congress. when he's going to do this, i don't know because he had a chance to do it last year and he failed to do it. obama's argument, just to get your take on it, a fair deal means raising tax rates on the most successful earners and small business people and somehow that will balance off spending cuts or entitlement reform we don't know about. >> frankly, larry, i've never seen -- i've spent my whole life dealing with economics and economic issues. unless we get back to lowering our rates and maybe taking way the exemptions people like me have and enjoy, i'm willing to give this all up for a slightly lower rate for everybody and expand the base of people who contribute to the u.s. government. >> so you buy the romney tax reform plan but you
i know congressman ryan, watched his career and watched governor romney what he's been able to do, a guy who can fix it, thinks about things, can negotiate very strongly. he can bring two sides together to get a solution. >> obama argues -- let's look at the obama side for a minute. obama makes the case that he, obama, can make a fair deal with congress. when he's going to do this, i don't know because he had a chance to do it last year and he failed to do it. obama's argument, just to...
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governor romney, the opposite. the last thing we need now is another war. >> congressman ryan? >> we mourn the loss of these four americans who were murdered. when you take a look at what has happened just in the last few weeks, they sent the u.n. ambassador out to say that this was because of a protest and a youtube video. it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. he went to the u.n. and in his speech at the u.n. he said six times he talked about the youtube video. look, if we're hit by terrorists we're going to call it for what it is, a terrorist attack. our ambassador in paris has a marine detachment guarding him. shouldn't we have a marine detachment guarding our ambassador in benghazi, a place where we knew there was an al qaeda cell with arms? this is becoming more troubling by the day. first blame the youtube video and now trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket for making this an issue. with respect to iraq we have the same position before the withdraw which was we agreed with the obama administration, let's have a force agreement t
governor romney, the opposite. the last thing we need now is another war. >> congressman ryan? >> we mourn the loss of these four americans who were murdered. when you take a look at what has happened just in the last few weeks, they sent the u.n. ambassador out to say that this was because of a protest and a youtube video. it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. he went to the u.n. and in his speech at the u.n. he said six times he talked...
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>> well, governor romney and paul ryan, like i said, have laid out a plan, not just to bring spending under control, but to reform our tax code, get people working again. because with more people in the work force, we'll be able to generate more income and that will be more money coming in. as you know, right now with 23 million americans struggling for work, many of those underemployed, they can't get good jobs. the amount of income we need just isn't coming in. >> yeah. but what i hear you saying is that it's going to be on your terms from your plan. it's not going to be in any way trying to embrace a revamped simpson/bowles. we know the congressman was on that commission and voted against it. i mean, the campaign is not warming up to it in any way now that we have the business community involved, are they? >> you know, governor romney has said good things about simpson/bowles in the past. but, again, he has his own plan. and his plan is going to get 12 million americans back to work. >> andrea, it's going to get a lot more interesting, look forward to the debate number two at hofst
>> well, governor romney and paul ryan, like i said, have laid out a plan, not just to bring spending under control, but to reform our tax code, get people working again. because with more people in the work force, we'll be able to generate more income and that will be more money coming in. as you know, right now with 23 million americans struggling for work, many of those underemployed, they can't get good jobs. the amount of income we need just isn't coming in. >> yeah. but what i...
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he did attack the romney/ryan ticket, but wasn't really able to take any credit for any achievements because there haven't been any. on the libyan situation, he was really embarrassing because he contradicted not just the department of state, but he really threw the intelligence community under the bus using them as a defense for what has been a coverup of a terrorist attack on 9/11. >> julian, do you want to get in here? >> yeah, let me respond. first of all, i think that the polls have moved a little bit in places like florida, not substantially enough in ohio, pennsylvania, michigan. secondly, i think -- >> in ohio, it's one point difference. >> excuse me, bor. why obama ought to get four years. when obama came into office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. we're now gaining somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000. gdp was at negative 9, we're close to positive 2. that's an 11 point positive swing. about a million positive swing in jobs per month since he took office. on foreign affair, bin laden is gone, troops are coming out of iraq, troops are coming out of afghanistan. gadhaf
he did attack the romney/ryan ticket, but wasn't really able to take any credit for any achievements because there haven't been any. on the libyan situation, he was really embarrassing because he contradicted not just the department of state, but he really threw the intelligence community under the bus using them as a defense for what has been a coverup of a terrorist attack on 9/11. >> julian, do you want to get in here? >> yeah, let me respond. first of all, i think that the polls...
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i think with energy, we will see a very powerful attempt by the romney-ryan ticket to make sure that we get close to energy independence in america. that will solve a lot of our issues, i would think, with respect to the middle east. and it will be a boom to americans in terms of employment creation and to actually lower the cost of our energy. you could see it at stations today on how difficult it's been. we're too dependent or international oil. >> chuck, last question. you're taking somewhat of a business risk openly endorsing a candidate. have you thought about any effect it would have to clients of yours who are hardened democrats? >> well, i hope i can convince them that a strong economy is the best thing for them. if they're long time savers, for instance, i'm now 75 years of ang. i'll tell you, our money markt acounts are at zero right now because the present administration has abdicated for getting our economy and left it all to the federal reserve. what do they have to do? lower the interest rate down to zero. and it's going to remain at zero until we get this economy turne
i think with energy, we will see a very powerful attempt by the romney-ryan ticket to make sure that we get close to energy independence in america. that will solve a lot of our issues, i would think, with respect to the middle east. and it will be a boom to americans in terms of employment creation and to actually lower the cost of our energy. you could see it at stations today on how difficult it's been. we're too dependent or international oil. >> chuck, last question. you're taking...
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and would it end, therefore, if romney and ryan win the white house? very good questions. let's bring in a guy that can hope pli provide sofully provid josh brown. you made a big call on credit card companies a few months ago on "street signs." you still own visa and you still think it is a good buy. why? >> yeah. visa and mastercard both have something that is really hard to come by these days, which is a secular growth story that really doesn't get interrupted regardless of what happens with the economy. look around. people are paying for things with credit cards and debit card more and more and that's not going to go the other way regardless of consumer spending ebbing and flowing with the cyclical economies. >> regardless of who is in the white house? back to our original story? >> correct. look, biden is from delaware. that's a very popular state for credit card business. biden's son works at mbna. biden fought the bankruptcy rules where people were going to get off the hook. he took the/carr compani credit companies' side. nobody should be surprised. but i don't thin
and would it end, therefore, if romney and ryan win the white house? very good questions. let's bring in a guy that can hope pli provide sofully provid josh brown. you made a big call on credit card companies a few months ago on "street signs." you still own visa and you still think it is a good buy. why? >> yeah. visa and mastercard both have something that is really hard to come by these days, which is a secular growth story that really doesn't get interrupted regardless of...
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on the one hand mitt romney kind of endorsed the ryan plan but he's walked away if it. i think he's going in on that, and he'll go in on the inconsistencies on where ryan and romney stand on the issues. he will force ryan to sort of defend his candidate and stand up for him, and i think he's also going after foreign policy. joe biden used to be the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. >> even though he's one of the worst in history. >> paul ryan has no foreign policy experience at all. >> i'm waiting for joe biden appear par thid division of iraq. it's not true. ryan has made had trips abroad including the middle east. >> they did fund-raiser abroad, too. >> i didn't know that. >> they did in london. >> i think joe biden will be very formidable. i think the challenge for paul ryan in the debate is he has to come across in complete control of the facts. when you see a 27-age year difference between these two, it's very easy for a young person like ryan to get schooled by the senior biden. he can't let that happen. at the same time he's got to be respectful
on the one hand mitt romney kind of endorsed the ryan plan but he's walked away if it. i think he's going in on that, and he'll go in on the inconsistencies on where ryan and romney stand on the issues. he will force ryan to sort of defend his candidate and stand up for him, and i think he's also going after foreign policy. joe biden used to be the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. >> even though he's one of the worst in history. >> paul ryan has no foreign policy...
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would solidify a romney runaway and that presents very bullish market stock opportunities
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congressman ryan and vice president biden, just like president obama and governor romney, have really, there's really stark differences in this campaign about what's going to go forward. if you just watch the republican convention and the democratic conventi convention, there's very different views of the future of the country so how that gets discussed will depend a lot on all three players on the stage, but i think the main thing is there are stark differences going forward and congressman ryan i think is obviously a very smart person, 14 years as a member of congress, i think probably the leading spokesperson for the republican party on budget and economic issues, he spent a lot of time in congress and one thing he learned in congress is how to debate. you debate in the committees, you debate on the floor, so he's going to be a formidable challenge and i think he and vice president biden have enough differences and reflect the differences of the campaign that it will be a very i think substantive debate, i think it will be a very fun debate though. >> ted, i was surprised at the fi
congressman ryan and vice president biden, just like president obama and governor romney, have really, there's really stark differences in this campaign about what's going to go forward. if you just watch the republican convention and the democratic conventi convention, there's very different views of the future of the country so how that gets discussed will depend a lot on all three players on the stage, but i think the main thing is there are stark differences going forward and congressman...
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and candidate ryan, what would you want them to say? what would you advise them to say? what do you want to hear from the candidates in your own party when it comes to this issue? >> i think romney's right on track when he starts to say i know how to govern. and you govern by talking with the other side. and when he said during the debate that he was the
and candidate ryan, what would you want them to say? what would you advise them to say? what do you want to hear from the candidates in your own party when it comes to this issue? >> i think romney's right on track when he starts to say i know how to govern. and you govern by talking with the other side. and when he said during the debate that he was the
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paul ryan there today. it is probably a couple-point edge for obama, but it could go either way. >> these things are all sort of within the margins of error and what was a tight race has gotten even tighter. mr. hohman, thank you. >>> the most powerful person right now working to fix that looming fiscal cliff is someone you probably have never heard of. cnbc's eamon javers is live in washington, d.c. with more on this. who is the mystery woman, eamon? >> hi, sue. she's katherine wilde, the head of the partnership for new york city. she is not necessarily a household name, but she he hosting some important meetings up in new york city between business leaders and political leaders. because of her convening power she's been able to bring together an astonishing list of folks. look at some of the political figures that she has brought to her table just over the past two years, including treasury secretary tim geithner, house democratic leader nancy pelosi, senator rob portman, eric cantor, erskine bowles, alan
paul ryan there today. it is probably a couple-point edge for obama, but it could go either way. >> these things are all sort of within the margins of error and what was a tight race has gotten even tighter. mr. hohman, thank you. >>> the most powerful person right now working to fix that looming fiscal cliff is someone you probably have never heard of. cnbc's eamon javers is live in washington, d.c. with more on this. who is the mystery woman, eamon? >> hi, sue. she's...
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>> i think benghazi will be an issue where mitt romney goes on offense the way paul ryan does against joe biden and we'll see how effectively especially after hillary clinton took blame for the lack of security in the interview that she did from south america last night. but i think it's still going to gravitate back to the economy. that's where the pressure point is, that's where voters' minds are. and the question is whether or not the president can wield some of the advantages. the popularity of the auto bailout, the 347% video which hurt mitt romney. >> and which didn't even come into play in debate number one. do you expect the 47% to come into play tonight? >> absolutely. and i expect some mention of bain capital, as well. joe biden foreshadowed some of that in the debate with paul ryan. hard to hear sometimes with all the histrionics, but he was raising the issue about mitt romney and the 47% video and paul ryan came back and said you you know you're familiar that sometimes things don't come out so smoothly. yes, but i say what i mean and i think the president will reiterate th
>> i think benghazi will be an issue where mitt romney goes on offense the way paul ryan does against joe biden and we'll see how effectively especially after hillary clinton took blame for the lack of security in the interview that she did from south america last night. but i think it's still going to gravitate back to the economy. that's where the pressure point is, that's where voters' minds are. and the question is whether or not the president can wield some of the advantages. the...
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has gained. >> well, melissa, undoubtedly, as we all know, the momentum has gone with the romney-ryan camp. sure. you look at both of these gentlemen, they've both been in the political cal scescene for time. most of us have already formed an opinion of vice president biden. four years working with president obama. two presidential campaigns and 40 years in washington. i think we have an understanding of who joe biden is and what he stands for. on the other side of the equation, i'm personally excited to see congressman ryan tonight. he's a smart guy. he's in command of details. i am very hopeful that he will be able to carry forth the momentum that the romney campaign got out of the first presidential debate. >> how do you think he should play that? because the lead article in the "washington post" today notes how -- an emphasis in tone governor romney is tracking to the center for obvious reasons as we get closer to the vote. do you think ryan should do the same or double down on his conservative heritage for what that could do to get the vote out on the gop side? >> simon, i think
has gained. >> well, melissa, undoubtedly, as we all know, the momentum has gone with the romney-ryan camp. sure. you look at both of these gentlemen, they've both been in the political cal scescene for time. most of us have already formed an opinion of vice president biden. four years working with president obama. two presidential campaigns and 40 years in washington. i think we have an understanding of who joe biden is and what he stands for. on the other side of the equation, i'm...
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and i think with governor romney and paul ryan figured out was they can't give $5 trillion worth of tax cuts and still eat into the deficit, which i think is our biggest national problem. >> i think -- >> you're right. he might be able to do it. he might be able to do it if they did your plan. >> i'm telling you. you know, you were a good tax break governor. the pennsylvania tax break today is still very low. what is it? about 3%? >> the effective rate is 3.4%. >> do you know how amazing that is for the northeast and east? that's an amazing thing. that makes you a supply sideer. i don't want you to lose all your friends, but i think you're a supply sider with a 3.5% income tax. >> oh, my gosh. >> thank you very much. we'd love to have you back. >>> coming up on kudlow, congressional republicans demand answers from the administration on who knew what and when on the terror attack in libya that killed our distinguished ambassador chris stevens. is there a cover-up going on here? senator ron johnson sounds off. and folks, one more time, don't forget, free market capitalism is the best path
and i think with governor romney and paul ryan figured out was they can't give $5 trillion worth of tax cuts and still eat into the deficit, which i think is our biggest national problem. >> i think -- >> you're right. he might be able to do it. he might be able to do it if they did your plan. >> i'm telling you. you know, you were a good tax break governor. the pennsylvania tax break today is still very low. what is it? about 3%? >> the effective rate is 3.4%. >>...
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and ryan ticket. basically you need a third party. >> as an outsider, i don't care about which direction. you have to choose one direction. the worst part is standing still, doing nothing. that's the worst part. >> let's get back to china briefly. i think that premier one, he was very strong and delivered the message very resolutely to the foreign audience when he said we're going to meet the target. don't waste time thinking about this. we are resolute about it. you actually think that china can do better than the premier. you think he's actually understating what the year end vigor is going to be. >> sure. for the time being, the chinese economy actually is pretty good. the picture is pretty good, right? but the issue is not about this year's growth. not even next year's growth rate. can easily check up to over 8%, even 9%. the real issue is for the coming decade, for the leaders, will the chinese economy be able to continuously grow like it has been for the past 30 years? for me, critical year, the
and ryan ticket. basically you need a third party. >> as an outsider, i don't care about which direction. you have to choose one direction. the worst part is standing still, doing nothing. that's the worst part. >> let's get back to china briefly. i think that premier one, he was very strong and delivered the message very resolutely to the foreign audience when he said we're going to meet the target. don't waste time thinking about this. we are resolute about it. you actually think...
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i think that paul ryan's youth really makes a positive impression, for the younger voters that romney needs but just in general. the contrast between ryan and biden is going to be enormous. >> well, particularly after the string of gaffes that we've seen from biden. he is sort of like the doddering old uncle you keep hidden away in the closet. but he's going to come out swinging and he's going to come out with a lot of one-liners. he might to bring in the personal side like he did against palin. but this entire campaign has shifted. it's very focused right now on ideas, on the defense of the ideas, bold ideas, as romney articulated last week. he changed the whole narrative. the obama campaign's effort to undermine it by these silly attacks, republicans can't stand young people, they want to kick them off their parents' health care, they want to go after women, the war on women. and now the new option, they're going after big bird, oh, my gosh. it's silly. >> when paul ryan says that the fullest extent of his experience in foreign policy is that he's voted to send people to war, when y
i think that paul ryan's youth really makes a positive impression, for the younger voters that romney needs but just in general. the contrast between ryan and biden is going to be enormous. >> well, particularly after the string of gaffes that we've seen from biden. he is sort of like the doddering old uncle you keep hidden away in the closet. but he's going to come out swinging and he's going to come out with a lot of one-liners. he might to bring in the personal side like he did against...
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and ryan are doing at them. and that tees it up for the debate at hofstra last week. >> and i even likened to like the world cup, remember you got the two teams in the finals and then the guys they beat they play in that game for -- i mean, this was interesting, but it just sets up the next debate to see how the president comes back. >> tuesday night. so this comes very quickly. >> and i watched intrade, it moved up a little. and then all the way back to where it started. >> it's exactly the way the reds are set up for the next round of the playoffs. >> you know, john, here's the thing. they did lose three straight, i'll and i had plit thdmit that. but after spotting them six runs on that grand slam, they battled back. and in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth, they had the tying run at home every inning. one inning they had a man on first and second, no outs, the count 3-2, a bad call, they threw the guy out at third. we can't talk -- anyway, i'm not going to obsess over this. >> pain. >> did you catch the ja
and ryan are doing at them. and that tees it up for the debate at hofstra last week. >> and i even likened to like the world cup, remember you got the two teams in the finals and then the guys they beat they play in that game for -- i mean, this was interesting, but it just sets up the next debate to see how the president comes back. >> tuesday night. so this comes very quickly. >> and i watched intrade, it moved up a little. and then all the way back to where it started....
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the ryan budget, for example, had revenue assumptions in it. so i think what's got to happen is that both sides have to let the other team take a victory lap. let republicans come into this debate where we keep tax rates low and reasonable and predictable and drive toward tax reform next year. democrats can come into the debate and claim a victory and say, well, we're interested in more revenues. the key is, can we get to these underlying situations and that is entitlement reform. that's where the action is. >> okay. but how realistic is it to postpone or extend everything for a year? as i understand it, this was in the "wall street journal" editorial page this morning and i've heard this elsewhere, that mr. boehner would like to just extend the tax cuts and i don't know what you all are going to do about spending. nobody ever wants to cut spending. is that realistic? is that a bridge? in other words, put it off, give yourself a full year, 2013, and a vo avoid the catastrophe right in the next 50 days. >> yeah, if it's realistic. here's why. pr
the ryan budget, for example, had revenue assumptions in it. so i think what's got to happen is that both sides have to let the other team take a victory lap. let republicans come into this debate where we keep tax rates low and reasonable and predictable and drive toward tax reform next year. democrats can come into the debate and claim a victory and say, well, we're interested in more revenues. the key is, can we get to these underlying situations and that is entitlement reform. that's where...
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the -- you're talking about the budget control act that cuts that ryan also voted for. we have to try to figure out how to deal with that -- >> 900 billion before, igor. that's a trillion dollars. >> you talk about the foreign policy of obama. i wonder where romney is on this whole thing. what would he have done differently? he hasn't laid it out. he uses catch phrases, peace through strength. there are no other details. i was very surprised. he had an event in virginia, i believe, today, mentioned the unrest in the middle east, maybe in a two second sound bite and moved on. >> my apologies for the american politics. >> no apologies. >> i appreciate it very much. sorry, i ran out of time. that's it for tonight's show. thanks for watching. go fed, man. 500 billion dollars a year, wow! my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids wav
the -- you're talking about the budget control act that cuts that ryan also voted for. we have to try to figure out how to deal with that -- >> 900 billion before, igor. that's a trillion dollars. >> you talk about the foreign policy of obama. i wonder where romney is on this whole thing. what would he have done differently? he hasn't laid it out. he uses catch phrases, peace through strength. there are no other details. i was very surprised. he had an event in virginia, i believe,...
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he had command of certain topics. >> they wrote romney has not been his best when he tried to add a global dimension to his campaign. that changed a little bit tonight, don't you think? >> i think he won on economic issues. but on foreign policy, the president won. >> i hope you're right. >> it wasn't a trouncing, though. >>. no. >> and interestingly, i think the two, michelle and carl bring up a great issue about europe. i think the reason they didn't go there, is this about are you feeling safe. the world a safer place? and it wasn't so much about underlying economic dynamics. and i think the intersection of u.s. and european economic dynamics is important, is essential, is fascinating. that's where a lot of us live. but it wasn't -- >> it might be even more boring than the debate we saw tonight. >> sitting next to a former global banker. >> i think you have to bring up the euro crisis when you talk about -- >> international affairs. >> and that would have been romney to go a little bit further to say if we don't spend properly, we could end up like europe. >> going to be putting
he had command of certain topics. >> they wrote romney has not been his best when he tried to add a global dimension to his campaign. that changed a little bit tonight, don't you think? >> i think he won on economic issues. but on foreign policy, the president won. >> i hope you're right. >> it wasn't a trouncing, though. >>. no. >> and interestingly, i think the two, michelle and carl bring up a great issue about europe. i think the reason they didn't go...
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and, of course, the romney campaign emphasizing that paul ryan is a guy who hasn't had a debate, maybe since high school. so he's debating against joe biden. >> debated -- we've tried to debate ryan here and we've seen him debate with other people, and he's -- i don't know. >> eamon, what about ohio, though? we've talked with chuck todd about this. he sees a way to win without ohio. but basically have to win eight or nine other states. so it's a much more complicated road to the white house if you don't win ohio. so he had said -- he told us a week or two ago that romney would have to make a decision as to whether the pull out of ohio and go for the other states. >> on a couple of polls. >> yeah, it's off the table at this point. >> that's got to be off the table right now. ohio is the linchpin for everything in this campaign. that's why the president was there yesterday. you saw the president leading in o-h-i-o cheer. he needs the college kids to come through for him. he needs the urban cities in ohio to turn out with big, big numbers. otherwise this thing gets very tricky for the pre
and, of course, the romney campaign emphasizing that paul ryan is a guy who hasn't had a debate, maybe since high school. so he's debating against joe biden. >> debated -- we've tried to debate ryan here and we've seen him debate with other people, and he's -- i don't know. >> eamon, what about ohio, though? we've talked with chuck todd about this. he sees a way to win without ohio. but basically have to win eight or nine other states. so it's a much more complicated road to the...